Hay-hook attachment



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T. H. BROWN.

HAY HOOK ATTACHMENT. No. 375,865. Patented Jan. 3, 188%.

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No. 375,865. Patented Jan. 3, 1888.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS H. BROWN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

HAY-HOOK ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 375,865, dated January3, 1888.

Application filed April 11, 1887. Serial No. 234,365.

(Modeh) To a. whom it may concern.-

Be it known that l, THOMAS H. BROWN, of

Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented anew and useful Improvement in HayHook Attachments, which improvement isfully set forth in the following specification and accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure I is a plan view of my improved hayhookattachment,purtly bI'Okt 11 away.' Fig. II is a side view of the samewith part It removed. Fig. III is a vertical longitudinal section of thesame. Fig. IV is a side view ofone of the side detachable sections.Figs. V and VI are perspective views of the two main sections, and Fig.VII a view of the rope-holder and hook.

'sents one of the main metal sections, provided with an eye, B.Centrally within this metal section I provide arectangular recess, 0,having therein a vertically-disposed or pendent catch, D, formed at itsupper end with a horizontal T-head, E, which is journaled withinopenings F of the piece A, so that the lower end, having'a hook, G, mayswing back wardly and forwardlyalimited distance. One of the limbs orjournals of the journal is provided with a coiled spring, H, one end ofwhich extends down beneath the edge of the rectangular opening 0, sothat the hook G maybe deflected back from the eye B. Theopposite end ofthe section A is provided with a lug, I, on the lower face, and midwaybetween the lug I and hook G is a transverse gain, J. The upper wall ofthis gain J in the piece A has a depression, K, for purposes which willbe'hereinafter explained.

L represents the other main piece, which is attached to the piece A. Theupper forward half of this piece is cut away, as shown, so as to permitthe piece A to lap thereon. The forward end of this piece is providedwith a lug, M, resting within the opening 0 of the piece A, so as toprevent lateral movements. Centrally this metal piece L is provided witha rectangular opening, N, which receives therein the lugI of the sectionA. This metal section L is also provided on its upper face with atransverse gain or recess, P, opposite to the recess J, as shown morefully in Figs. V and V VI. \Vithin these openings J' and P, between thesections A and L, I place two oppositely'disposed sections, Q and R, atright angles from the body of the device formed by the sections A and L.The inner ends of these sections are provided with upturned legs S,(shownin Fig. IV,) which are designed to rest within the gains betweenthe two sections, the legs S extending up into the depression K of thesection A. The outer ends of these sections R and Q are also providedwith eyes T and U, about equally distant from the center of the device,to correspond with the distance of the eyes B and 0 from the center.

In practice the sections are placed together, as shown in Figs. I andII, by the inserting lugs I in the opening N, after which the twosections Q R are laid in the grooves J P with the legsS up. The twosections are then lapped together and the hook G employed to hold theend ofthe piece Lin position. Thehookst-em D has attached thereto aneye, D, to which a rope is at'fixed. \Vhen attached together in thismanner, it is placed on the wagon-bed and ropes are attached to each ofthe eyes. The hay .is then loaded upon the wagon on this cross-shapeddevice and on the ropes attached thereto and afterthe hay is stacked orbuilt up a sufficient height the ropes are brought around on the foursides ofthe stack and united at the top of the hook. (Shownin Fig. VII.)Another stack or section can then be built up on the same wagon -or bedin like manner, so that the load will be practically divided up into twoor more sections, each section of which is provided with one of theseseparable devices. hook. (Shown in Fig.VII.) Each section of hay iselevated and conveyed to the mow or stack independently of the othersection.

The hoisting rope is attached to the roo To disengage the separabledevice or to unload the hay, the rope connected with the hook-stem D isused to pull the hook from the end of the piece L, which causes thesections to separate and free the hay of the bindingropes.

The ropes U, as shown in Fig. VII, are provided with knots V atintervals, so as to provide for the sizes of the stacks formed on thewagon.

\Vhat I claim as new is 1. In a hay-hook attachment, three metalsections, each having an eye at the outer end for attaching a rope,combined with a fourth section, also having an eye at its end, andprovided with a spring attachment whereby, when suitably arranged inposition, the said four sections can be locked together, substantiallyas described.

2. Inahay-hook attachment, a pair of metal 20 can be secured together orreadily separated from each other, substantially as and for the purposesset forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand,this 7th day of 30 December, 1886, in the presence of Witnesses.

T. H. BROWN.

W'itnesscs:

H. B. STEELE, H. O. HARRIMAN.

